Sweezy: Kyler Murray will back up Wilson comparisons

Request a scout, coach or participant to compare No. 1 overall pick Kyler Murray to a NFL QB and a single immediate answer normally comes back: Russell Wilson.
Whether it’s elusiveness, arm strength, deep-ball accuracy, baseball background or the apparent height contrast, Wilson is the most common name conjured for Murray. The hype is a whole lot.
After an offseason of workouts, one person who used to block for the Seattle Seahawks signal-caller and all the comparisons between Murray and Wilson agree.
“I see countless similarities,” fresh Cardinals shield J.R. Sweezy said when asked about the Murray-Wilson comparison, via Josh Weinfuss of ESPN. “I always saywe got to find this guy actually play. I believe he’s definitely going to be just fine. But to even be compared to Russell Wilson is a compliment.
“He is going to back it up. I just love he’s getting compared to everything and him already. He is going to be fantastic ”
Murray entered offseason workouts with sky-high expectations after being drafted No. 1 overall into Kliff Kingsbury’s system in Arizona. The combination of pass-heavy sets, together with Murray’s ability to scramble from stress, makes a perfect match .
Murray matched the hype, based on teammates, as we hit the summer weeks before coaching camp.
“Everything that I heard, he’s lived up to,” guard Justin Pugh said. “And I’ve heard a lot of great things, therefore it has been great up to now.”
Murray’s teammates praised him everything from his playbook acumen, fluidity in the pocket, rate, accuracy and direction. All traits that Wilson boasted as a passer.
“He is cool, calm, collected, sleek,” Sweezy said of Murray. “Create a mistake, come back, correct it. He’s on it, honestly.”
It is a indication that Murray’s teammates provide broad testimonials of this rookie quarterback. Opposite or tentative assessments would portend trouble for a rebuilding franchise which chucked one first-round QB to take a swing on Murray.
At the same time, we have only seen soccer in shorts. Murray will have a lot more to procedure and establish after the pads are on in training camp and the preseason starts in late July.
“He’s shown nothing but great direction and hard work and doing the right thing,” Pugh said. “Once we get the pads on, we will find a lot more of a feel for one another, and I am excited about that.”